Clinical Support Tech II-8 Acute Neuroscience

UNC REX Healthcare; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health Care System in Chapel Hill seeks a Clinical Support Tech II for 36 hours per week on a 12-hour day shift, with weekend and holiday rotation. You will assist with patient care, transport, room setup, and a range of clerical tasks on an acute neuroscience unit serving neurosurgery and neurology patients.

The role includes data entry, PI audits, and equipment management, with education requirements including a high school diploma and Nursing Assistant licenses, plus BLS.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Nursing Assistant I/II licensure within NC DHHS.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Requires one year of clerical or customer service experience and three months of nursing assistant experience.
• Must be fluent in verbal and written English and able to develop computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, and procurement of equipment and supplies.
• Critically review patient care documentation and report significant changes to a nurse or physician.
• Provide clerical tasks: organize workload, greet visitors, research information, review and revise orders, answer calls, transcribe orders, maintain medical records, and perform audits and inventory.
• Provide administrative and clerical support including PI audits and data entry.
• Provide clinical support: clean work area, troubleshoot equipment, change linens, restock supplies, transport patients and specimens, and assist in orientation of new staff.
• Provide direct patient care per plan of care: vitals, measurements, measurements, basic wound care, postural drainage, suctioning, ostomy care, catheter care, feeding.

Skills

English fluency

Computer skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Nursing Assistant I/II certification

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Clinical Support Tech II (Nursing Assistant II + clerical) needed for 8 Acute Neuroscience. This unit is a 26-bed unit that serves Neurosurgery and Neurology patients which includes a 9 bed Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. We are a true medical-surgical unit treating patients who have spinal and brain surgeries, brain tumors, stroke, seizures, and neuromuscular diagnoses such as Myasthenia Gravis, Guillian Barre Syndrome, and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy.

This is a 36 hours per week position; working 12-hour day shifts (7am - 7:30pm) with weekend and holiday rotation. This position qualifies for an extensivebenefit package including PTO hours, which are accrued based on the number of worked hours.

Summary:
The Clinical Support Technician II is responsible for assisting the professional caregiver in the delivery of patient care, transporting patient and / or equipment, setting up and maintaining patient rooms, and performing a wide range of clerical, transcription, and maintenance of the patient care unit desk area functions. Performs patient care requiring clinical and procedural knowledge and skills requiring the use of sterile techniques, infusion monitoring, and medical equipment. Coordinates the flow of communications on the patient care unit. The Clinical Support Technician II may or may not be given a defined patient care assignment based on unit needs and the discretion of the manager / charge nurse. Tracks supply inventory, orders supplies and special items. Assists unit with clerical and administrative support including PI audits and data entry.

Responsibilities

• 1. Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies.
• 2. Critically review patient care documentation making note of any significant changes in the patient's condition and make an immediate report to a registered nurse or physician.
• 3. Provide a variety of clerical tasks to include but not limited to organizing and prioritizing workload, greeting and directing visitors, researching information as requested by nurses and physicians, reviewing orders for logic and clarity, revising orders as requested by the nurse, answering the telephone/ patient call lights, transcribing physician orders, and maintaining medical records. Perform routine quality assurance audits, safety checks, and inventory of supplies.
• 4. Provide administrative and clerical support including PI audits and data entry
• 5. Provide clinical support assistance to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, maintaining office equipment, troubleshooting common software and hardware problems, changing linens, checking supply inventory, re-stocking supplies, transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens, and assisting in the orientation of new employees and students.
• 6. Provide direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care activities such as bathing, dressing, feeding, assisting with ambulation. Measure and record vital signs, and patient height and weight. May be responsible for specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, and/or postural drainage. Performs Oxygen room set-up and monitors oxygen flow-rate, performs oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal suctioning, tracheostomy care, fecal impaction removal, sterile dressing change wound irrigation, IV fluid assembly and monitoring, IV site care and discontinue peripheral IV, ostomy irrigation and care, urinary catheterization and irrigation, performs established oral, nasogastric, gastrostomy tube feeding
• 7. Reinforce routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions. Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

• Listed as a Nursing Assistant I by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Licensed as a Nursing Assistant II by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Professional Experience Requirements:

• Requires one (1) year of clerical or customer service experience and three (3) months of nursing assistant experience

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

• Must be fluent in verbal and written English language. Capability to develop computer skills if not competent.

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Acute Neuroscience

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 6.00

Salary Range:$19.12 - $27.17 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.